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Having a similar issue. Have had the MR/MS60 mesh system for five years. During the last week and a half, had wifi issues, which have since been fixed (relocated modem, new line for modem, new modem), which have improved speeds tremendously. However while troubleshooting to determine the cause of our issues, I noticed the MS60 kept recycling. The MR60 always remains on, but the MS60 locks up for a few minutes, and then reboots. I've tried pressing the sync button to resync it, as well as a factory reset, but nothing seems to work.Additional security required?
I just purchased the Mesh system with 2 satellites. It took me about a half hour to set up, because it kept taking me in a stupid set up connection circle. Finally got it going. TV's connect, phones connect and my work computer connects. My personal laptop sees it, says it's connected, but no internet. (I set it up using the same router name/password as the old Nighthawk 7000 we just replaced.) Today I called the help number and the person told me I have to purchase security software for the router and that's why it's not connecting, because "it looks good" on his end. And that tomorrow, our phones will stop working, the tv will stop, etc. I've not heard of this and it was very fishy. He said it's "new" for 2025 and the government requires it. Is this accurate? I got ticked and just hung up on him. I can see all of our devices on the app, except the laptop. I didn't feel like shelling out another $200, based on his word, for 1-2 years of security either, when I just shelled out $200 for this system. Thoughts? Thanks!NetGear MR60 Mesh satellite will not sync after power flicker
The power flickered today and I noticed some things not reconnected. Rebooted the wifi and some come back and others did not. Dug a little deeper and noticed one of the satellites not connected. I have unplugged, re-synced, reset and now its currently plugged directly into the router. Still nothing. The firmware on the router and first satellite is current but the second satellite does not show a firmware at all. Any help would be appreciated thanks.Experts, help me hard wire a more reliable connection to my MR/MS80 mesh system for my home office.
Really hoping for some help. I will try to give all relevant details! My home office is located in a small studio building about 100' from the rear of the house. I have a mesh system using one MR80 router (in the house, connected to Verizon FiOS modem via ethernet) and three MS80 satellites. Two of the satellites are placed at the rear of the house and connected via 5GHz wifi to the router; the 3rd satellite is placed at the front of the studio (facing the house) and connected to one of the house satellites via 5GHz wifi (so, a connection of ~100ft across the backyard). -- Normally, this is a stable system with full bars. But I can get signal loss or drop in the studio, depending on… the wind? drawn curtains? not sure… and I had an embarrassing situation because of this, yesterday, which I need to fix. Before switching to FiOS a number of years ago, I used a MoCA setup for the studio's wifi access, connecting it to the house network. I had coaxial cable run through an underground conduit between a splitter in the basement and the studio, and used a MoCA adapter in the studio to connect an Airport Express via ethernet. Yes, that's how long ago this was :) but it worked well. I often connected my laptop directly by ethernet, as well. (FYI, the conduit run is probably closer to 200' because it runs along the property line and over to the studio.) -- For a while, that old Airport Express worked OK as a wifi satellite for the current mesh system, before I got a 3rd MS80. My goal is to set up something similar to my old set up, with the system and equipment I have: to have a hard wired satellite or router AP in the studio with a near perfect signal, to which devices can connect via wifi or ethernet. I tried connecting the studio MS satellite to the MR router via an ethernet backhaul connection: (1) adapting the existing MoCA setup by connecting the house-side end of the coax to a new goCOAX MoCA adapter and then to the MR80 router via ethernet, (2) first connecting the MS satellite directly to the MR80 with a short ethernet cable, to switch its connection type from wifi to wired, (3) then going out and connecting the MS80 to the MoCA ethernet in the studio. The wired connection didn't stick. Netgear support warned me it probably wouldn't, because of the distance. -- My other though was to use a 2nd MR80 in AP mode and try that but I don't see that option in the user manual or through the routerlogin.net admin. I have an extra MR80 available. This is the equipment I have available to me: 2 MR80 routers, 4 MS80 satellites, 1 Verizon CR1000A router (never used), 2 goCOAX MoCA 2.5 adapters (altho I've misplaced one of them), 1 Actiontec ECB2200 MoCA adapter (used in studio), 50' ethernet cable to run between the main MR80 router and the MoCA adapter in the basement with a lot of slack/extra length, various lengths of other ethernet and coax cables. Any ideas? I've attached a sketch of the existing network. Thanks in advance!Solved